LA Times Daily Crossword February 28, 2026 Answers

1. Superdome player 6. Energy crisis? 14. Some belly buttons 16. Result of doomscrolling, perhaps 17. Perform precisely 18. Maintain one's dignity 19. Sanctions 21. Had no defense? 22. Buggy site 23. SEC-regulated events 25. Farm worker 26. M-W alternative 27. Surname of both founders of the fashion label The Row 29. Appears to point to 31. Pan handler 33. Animal with a white rump 34. "A Court of Thorns and Roses," for one 39. Apple product 40. "You wanna fight!?" 41. Composer with a namesake horn 44. Ignored a scarecrow, perhaps 45. Take (down) 46. Reactions to stubs 47. Automaker Karl 48. Simple shelters 49. Left over, in a way 52. Pretend 55. Pico de gallo, e.g. 57. Short person? 58. Suddenly gave way 59. Solution for wounds 60. Ingredient in carajillo and affogato 61. En __

1. Something that might be right up one's alley 2. Nochevieja follower 3. As one 4. Weeping mother of Greek myth 5. Charlotte Hornets color 6. Not-so-big shots 7. Catalonia neighbor 8. Swiss host of the World Economic Forum 9. "The Sympathizer" Pulitzer winner __ Thanh Nguyen 10. Skinny 11. Push-up form? 12. Epoch whose name means "new dawn" 13. Artery inserts 15. Office building subdivision, for short 20. Queen Latifah's "Nature of a __" 24. Imaging technique 27. __ vincit amor 28. Lo-cal 29. Run 30. National vegetable of Pakistan 32. Quick outings? 33. "Hanna" star __ Creed-Miles 35. "Holy cow!" 36. Unsatisfying response to "why?" 37. Love and hate 38. Releases 41. Point of origin 42. People with good deeds to their names? 43. Finished 44. Perfumes during a rite 47. Quintet in London’s Elizabeth Tower 48. "Se __ inglés" 50. Video genre that may cause chills, for short 51. Box closer 53. S&L options 54. Bears, e.g. 56. Flap